New Austrian Tunnelling method 新奥工法
(重定向自New Austrian Tunneling method)
The New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM), also known as Sequential Excavation Method (SEM), describes a popular method of modern tunnel design and construction. This technique first gained attention in the 1960s based on the work of Ladislaus von Rabcewicz, Leopold Müller and Franz Pacher between 1957 and 1965 in Austria. The name NATM was intended to distinguish it from the old Austrian tunnelling approach. The fundamental difference between this new method of tunneling, as opposed to earlier methods, comes from the economic advantages made available by taking advantage of the inherent geological strength available in the surrounding rock mass to stabilize the tunnel .